Fatal Rupture of Occult Posttraumatic Left Ventricular Aneurysm in a Child

Fatal Rupture of Occult Posttraumatic Left Ventricular Aneurysm in a Child

Left ventricular aneurysm is a potentially serious but rare condition in children. This case describes delayed but fatal rupture of an occult posttraumatic left ventricular aneurysm in an 11-year-old boy with a history of blunt chest trauma from a high-impact automobile collision 7 months earlier. (...

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Main Authors: Morten Engholm, MD, PhD, René F. Andersen, MD, PhD, Maiken K. Larsen, MD, PhD, Lars Jakobsen, MD, PhD, Jesper V. Bjerre, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-11-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
blunt cardiac injury
echocardiography
left ventricle aneurysm
rupture
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084923003698

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